Norra Real
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Norra Real, "Northern Real" (gymnasium
), is an upper-secondary school located on Roslagsgatan 1 in Stockholm
, Sweden
. The school was officially founded in 1890, but was already mentioned early into the 14th century and is the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm
. Until 1961 it was an all-boys school. It formerly was the site of Stockholm's public international school, which moved to Kungsholmens Gymnasium
, another Stockholm upper-secondary school located on the island of Kungsholmen
, in 1987. Norra Real is the only secondary school in the World that has produced six Nobel prize winners.
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
), is an upper-secondary school located on Roslagsgatan 1 in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. The school was officially founded in 1890, but was already mentioned early into the 14th century and is the oldest upper-secondary school in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. Until 1961 it was an all-boys school. It formerly was the site of Stockholm's public international school, which moved to Kungsholmens Gymnasium
Kungsholmens Gymnasium
Kungsholmens gymnasium is a high school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden...
, another Stockholm upper-secondary school located on the island of Kungsholmen
Kungsholmen
Kungsholmen is an island in Lake Mälaren in Sweden, part of Stockholm City. It is situated north of Riddarfjärden and considered part of the historical province Uppland....
, in 1987. Norra Real is the only secondary school in the World that has produced six Nobel prize winners.
Notable alumni
- Manne SiegbahnManne SiegbahnKarl Manne Georg Siegbahn FRS was a Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy"....
, physicist. Winner of Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in PhysicsThe Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901; the others are the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and...
for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy. Father of Nobel Prize winner Kai SiegbahnKai SiegbahnKai Manne Börje Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist.He was born in Lund, Sweden, and his father Manne Siegbahn also won the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1924. Siegbahn earned his doctorate at the University of Stockholm in 1944...
. - Lars GyllenstenLars GyllenstenLars Johan Wictor Gyllensten was a Swedish author and physician, and a member of the Swedish Academy, which has the aim of furthering the "purity, vigour and majesty" of the Swedish language and selects the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature each year.Gyllensten was born and grew up in a...
, author and physician. Member of the Swedish AcademySwedish AcademyThe Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
. - Helge von KochHelge von KochNiels Fabian Helge von Koch was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described....
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. Gave his name to Koch snowflakeKoch snowflakeThe Koch snowflake is a mathematical curve and one of the earliest fractal curves to have been described...
. - Gunnar MyrdalGunnar MyrdalKarl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the...
, economist, politician and Nobel Prize winner. Married to Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace PrizeThe Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
winner, Alva MyrdalAlva MyrdalAlva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist and politician. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924....
. - Nils StrindbergNils StrindbergNils Strindberg was a Swedish photographer who was one of the three members of S. A. Andrée's ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Before perishing on Kvitøya with Andrée and Knut Frænkel, Strindberg recorded on film their long doomed struggle on foot to reach populated areas...
, photographer. Member of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 was an ill-fated effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée , the first Swedish balloonist, proposed a voyage by hydrogen balloon from Svalbard to either Russia or Canada, which was to pass,...
. - Jonas GardellJonas GardellJonas Gardell, born 2 November 1963 in Enebyberg, Stockholm County, is a Swedish novelist, playwright, screenwriter and comedian. He is the brother of religion scholar Mattias Gardell....
, novelist and playwright. - Horace EngdahlHorace EngdahlHorace Oscar Axel Engdahl is a Swedish literary historian and critic, and has been a member of the Swedish Academy since 1997. He was the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, i.e. its spokesman, from 1999 to June 2009, when he was succeeded by historian Peter Englund.-Biography:Engdahl was...
, former permanent secretary of the Swedish AcademySwedish AcademyThe Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden.-History:The Swedish Academy was founded in 1786 by King Gustav III. Modelled after the Académie française, it has 18 members. The motto of the Academy is "Talent and Taste"...
. - Leif GW Persson, novelist.
- Göran LiljestrandGöran LiljestrandGöran Liljestrand , Swedish pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanism.Liljestrand was born in Gothenburg but finished school at the Norra Real school in Stockholm, before matriculating at the University College of Stockholm in 1904...
, pharmacologist, known for the discovery of the Euler-Liljestrand mechanismEuler-Liljestrand mechanismThe Euler–Liljestrand mechanism describes the connection between ventilation and blood circulation of the lung. If the ventilation in a part of the lung decreases, this leads to local hypoxia and to vasoconstriction in that part. This adaptive mechanism is beneficial, because it diminishes the...
. - Claes ElfsbergClaes ElfsbergClaes-Gösta Elfsberg is a Swedish television journalist.Elfsberg grew up in the district of Svedmyra in southern Stockholm...
, television journalist.